Jay (given name)
| Jay |
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| Gender |
Neutral |
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| Origin |
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| Meaning |
"win", "victory" |
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| Related names |
Jason, Jamie, Jaylin |
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Jay is a common given name or nickname. It may be a nickname for James, Jamie, Jacob, Jared, Joaquin, Jeremy, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Jason, or Jordan. In Hindu cultures, Jay or Jai is a common first name derived from the Sanskrit for "win" or "victory". Jay can also mean a foolish or talkative person.[1][2] Jay may refer to:
Sports
- Jay Adams (born 1961), American skateboarder
- Jay Berger (born 1966), American tennis player, highest world ranking # 7
- Jay Bothroyd (born 1982), English football player
- Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), Canadian hockey player
- Jay Cutler (American football) (born 1983), American football player
- Jay Cutler (bodybuilder) (born 1971), American bodybuilder
- Jay Dahlgren (born 1948), Canadian javelin thrower
- Jay DeMerit (born 1979), American soccer player
- Jay Fiedler (born 1971), American NFL football quarterback
- Jay Haas (born 1953), American golfer
- Jay Lethal (born 1985), American professional wrestler
- Jay McDonagh (born 1973), American football player
- Jay Moriarity (1978-2001), American big wave surfer
- Jay Novacek (born 1962), American football player
Music
- Jay (singer), full name Jaco du Plessis, South African singer, actor and model. Also member of South African boy band Eden
- Jay Bennett (1963–2009), American musician
- Jay Bentley (born 1964), American musician
- Jay Chou (born 1979), Taiwanese musician
- Jay Dee Daugherty (born 1952), American drummer
- Jay Ferguson (American musician) (born 1947)
- Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician) (born 1968)
- Jay Greenberg (born 1991), American composer
- Jay Hernandez (born 1978), American actor
- Jay Kay (born 1969), English musician
- Jay Lane (born 1964), American musician
- Jay Livingston (1915–2001), American composer
- Jay Park (born 1987), Korean American b-boy and singer (Ex-2PM member)
- Jay Sean (born 1979), British musician
- Jay Wilbur (1898–1970), British bandleader
- Jay-Z (born 1969), American rapper
Television and film
- Jay Baruchel (born 1982), Canadian actor
- Jay Chandrasekhar (born 1968), American director
- Jay R. Ferguson (born 1974), American actor
- Jay Harrington (born 1971), American actor
- Jay Karnes (born 1963), American actor
- Jay Laga'aia (born 1963), New Zealand actor
- Jay Leno (born 1950), American comedian and talk-show host
- Jay McCarroll (born 1974), American fashion designer
- Jay Mohr (born 1970), American actor
- Jay North (born 1951), American actor
- Jay Purvis (born 1976), Canadian carpenter and television presenter
- Jay Roach (born 1957), American director
- Jay Ryan (actor) (born 1981), New Zealand actor
- Jay Silverheels (1912–1980), Canadian actor
- Jay Thomas (born 1948), American actor and talk-show host
Other
- Jay Bybee (born 1953), American judge
- Jay Chiat (1931–2002), American advertising designer
- Jay Cooke (1821–1905), American financier
- Jay Gould (1836–1892), American financier
- Jay Inslee (born 1951), American politician
- Jay Jasanoff (born 1942), American linguist
- Jay McInerney (born 1955), American writer
- Jay Miner (1932–1994), American computer pioneer
- Jay Nixon (born 1956), American politician
- Jay Nordlinger (born 1963), American journalist
- Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), American entrepreneur
- Jay Rockefeller (born 1937), American politician
- Jay P. Rolison, Jr. (1929–2007), New York politician
- Jay Rosen (born 1956), American writer
- Jay Sekulow (born 1956), American lawyer
Fictional characters
- Jay, fictional character in the films of Kevin Smith
- Jay, fictional character in the television series The Tribe
- Jay Cartwright, fictional character in the television series The Inbetweeners
- Jay Garrick, fictional character in the DC Comics universe
- Jay Gatsby, fictional character in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Jay Hogart, fictional character in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Jay Landsman, fictional character in the television series The Wire
- Jay Sherman, fictional character in the television series The Critic
- Jay Walker, fictional character in the television series Ninjago, Masters of Spinjitzu
- Jay Kyle from the TV series, "My Wife and Kids"
- Jay, a male cheerful Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu in Angry Birds
- Jay, fictional character from the web-series Marble Hornets
References
- ↑ "Jay". freedictionary.com.
a foolish or gullible person
- ↑ "Jay". freedictionary.com.
An overly talkative person; a chatterbox.
See also